Reign of Iron - The Story of the First Battling Ironclads, the Monitor and the Merrimack
by Nelson, James L
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New in New dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0060524030
- ISBN 13
- 9780060524036
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
William Morrow. As New in New dust jacket. 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 0060524030 . This specific hardback book is in like new condition with a hard board cover that has sharp edges and corners and has a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased but with a black line across the bottom page edges which is the only thing taking this book out of a new rating. The dust jacket is in fine condition with little wear if any. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers. ; "The acclaimed author of the Brethren of the Coast trilogy revisits one of the great American naval battles and a turning point in our history -- the first major work on the subject in thirty-five years. The first ironclad ships to fight each other, the Monitor and the Virginia (Merrimack), were the unique products of American design genius and ingenuity, North and South. In one afternoon, in a battle that lasted four hours, they ended the three-thousand-year tradition of wooden men-of-war and ushered in, as Admiral John A. Dahlgren called it, "the reign of iron."In this absorbing history, novelist, historian, and tall-ship sailor James L. Nelson, through in-depth research and a storyteller's voice, brilliantly recounts the story of these magnificent ships, the men who built and fought them, and the extraordinary battle that made them legend."; 6 X 1.21 X 9 inches; 384 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Dr. Bookman - All Books Tightly Packaged in Cardboard (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24729
- Title
- Reign of Iron - The Story of the First Battling Ironclads, the Monitor and the Merrimack
- Author
- Nelson, James L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New in New dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0060524030
- ISBN 13
- 9780060524036
- Publisher
- William Morrow
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- 0060524030, Civil War, Ironclads, Ironclad Ship Warfare, Battling Ironclads, Civil War Naval Battles
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